Tomorrow, Saturday 2:00 pm (West Coast) the Sundance Channel will screen an amazing 1 and 1/2 hour long documentary on the making of "I Am Cuba". To Cubans this film is apparently like "Citizen Kane" to US cineasts. To Tikiphiles, it contains the best Tiki bar scene ever put on film, using the decor of the defunkt Havana Hilton Trader Vic's.

No reference is made to that, but the lovely actress that goes bananas among the idols is interviewed.

THANK YOU! I must see this, I Am Cuba is one of my favorite films, and I've been frustrated with the amount of info out there about exactly how and why this fascinating film came to be. Now to figure out how to see it, we don't have the Sundance Channel... :/

Gotta see both of those, kids! That beginning! The roof top bikini fashion show-to-swimming pool scene! The Trader Vic's scene! The camera move over the crowd into the cigar factory! A-m-a-z-i-n-g!
..Then, in the docu, when the 76 year old dolly grip of "I am Cuba" is holding the new VHS/DVD of it in his hands, after it being forgotten for over 30 years, that's how it felt when I gave some Polynesian Pop old timers my book.

It's On Demand here as well. I love the "bamboo curtain" in Trader Vic's. The gals at the bar seem more Steven Crane. Those lights hung at head level around the bar are very interesting. The first 15 minutes of that is just priceless.
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Stunning viewing on a tv screen, so it should be pretty special seeing it on the big screen.
Trader Woody

Saw it last night (movie-not doc)--WOW! That's about all I can say--I'm speechless. I'll try for a few more descriptive words: Beautiful, sad, hip, TRIPPY! Director Kalatazov is a visionary genius. Some of the camera angles made me feel drunk.

Hope I'm not 'hurting anybodys feelings' by posting a few (poor) screenshots of the bar scene--could be good for business--BUY IT! SEE IT! LOVE IT!